diff --git a/gnu/packages/jemalloc.scm b/gnu/packages/jemalloc.scm
index 27fb46e59d..a3bd2c93a4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/jemalloc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/jemalloc.scm
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ (define-module (gnu packages jemalloc)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (bsd-2))
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
 (define-public jemalloc
   (package
     (name "jemalloc")
-    (version "4.5.0")
+    (version "5.0.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ (define-public jemalloc
                     version "/jemalloc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "10373xhpc10pgmai9fkc1z0rs029qlcb3c0qfnvkbwdlcibdh2cl"))))
+                "1sf3lzgb0y8nnyzmp4zrca3sngdxw3kfh20sna9z03jv74fph528"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ (define-public jemalloc
            ;; Transparent huge pages are only enabled by default on Intel processors
            '()
            '(#:configure-flags (list "--disable-thp")))))
+    (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
     (home-page "http://jemalloc.net/")
     (synopsis "General-purpose scalable concurrent malloc implementation")
     (description